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Abhishek Tahlan

Alumni | XLRI Jamshedpur

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Nietzsche's Guide To Getting Into Your Dream B-School - Abhishek, XLRI Jamshedpur

 "If you're still stuck you're a gazelle, you are a gazelle." - Eric ThomasFriedrich Nietzsche died in 1900, but he can teach you more about getting that coveted B-school seat than most people you will ever meet. Cracking the admission process is never a question of knowledge - everyone knows

Of Fig Trees and Opportunity Costs - Abhishek From XLRI

Sylvia Plath wrote The Bell Jar in 1963, but the fig tree extract from the novel is as relevant to management students as ever. The protagonist sits under a fig tree, and each fruit represents a possible perfect future that one may choose. However, choosing any single one means giving

The B-School Committee Selection Q-Tiyapa - Abhishek From XLRI, Jamshedpur

"Because I want to fit in." - Patrick Bateman, American Psycho (1991)After the fresher initiation/torture week ends, the first real order of business for any self respecting B-school incumbent is to get into a committee (or two), and move up the social hierarchy. The chosen few. Position-Of-Responsibility. Everyone has broadly